Mikolaj Bzowy was born on 1 january 1925 in Horodeka, Podhajce,
Tarnopol, Poland.

According to the Roll of Honour published by the Society of Friends
of the Airborne Museum (Jan Hey 1999 and 2011) Bzowy was hit by a
sniper, and received a bullet in his neck, when he was in a room in the
house Stationsweg 8. He died on 24 september. Bzowy was given a field
burial in the garden of Stationsweg 8 at Oosterbeek.